When your favorite activities no longer bring you joy
May 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
When your favorite activities no longer bring you joy
Skeptical Moose Face?
More likely than you'd think...
Münster's 1550s Cosmographia
@newberrylibrary.bsky.social
(Vault Baskes folio G113 .M75 1550)
More likely than you'd think...
Münster's 1550s Cosmographia
@newberrylibrary.bsky.social
(Vault Baskes folio G113 .M75 1550)
May 22, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Skeptical Moose Face?
More likely than you'd think...
Münster's 1550s Cosmographia
@newberrylibrary.bsky.social
(Vault Baskes folio G113 .M75 1550)
More likely than you'd think...
Münster's 1550s Cosmographia
@newberrylibrary.bsky.social
(Vault Baskes folio G113 .M75 1550)
Constantinople
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.134r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.134r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
May 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Constantinople
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.134r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.134r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Jerusalem
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
May 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Jerusalem
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
A Mappa Mundi for the weekend
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.74v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.74v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
May 23, 2026 at 11:58 AM
A Mappa Mundi for the weekend
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.74v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.74v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Jerusalem
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Jerusalem
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Constantinople
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.134r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.134r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Constantinople
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.134r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.134r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Rome
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.133r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.133r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
May 22, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Rome
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.133r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.133r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Rome
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.133r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.133r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Rome
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.133r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.133r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
My hometown from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia Universalis. In true C16 manner the top of the map is actually pointing south. The Cosmographia edition of 1544 is the earliest description of the world in the German language. This woodcut is from an edition in Latin (1550-72). #Cartography
September 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
My hometown from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia Universalis. In true C16 manner the top of the map is actually pointing south. The Cosmographia edition of 1544 is the earliest description of the world in the German language. This woodcut is from an edition in Latin (1550-72). #Cartography
Floral Fatality?
Why IS that windy skull vomiting flowers? #Mood #MementoMori
(Peter Apian Cosmographia map, #NewberryLibrary)
Why IS that windy skull vomiting flowers? #Mood #MementoMori
(Peter Apian Cosmographia map, #NewberryLibrary)
March 12, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Floral Fatality?
Why IS that windy skull vomiting flowers? #Mood #MementoMori
(Peter Apian Cosmographia map, #NewberryLibrary)
Why IS that windy skull vomiting flowers? #Mood #MementoMori
(Peter Apian Cosmographia map, #NewberryLibrary)
The house and gardens of the famous Florentine bookseller Vespasiano da Bisticci are marked on this map of Florence.
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia, translated by Jacobus Angelus; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.132v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia, translated by Jacobus Angelus; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.132v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
May 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The house and gardens of the famous Florentine bookseller Vespasiano da Bisticci are marked on this map of Florence.
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia, translated by Jacobus Angelus; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.132v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia, translated by Jacobus Angelus; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.132v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
A sugar cane; illustration to an unidentified Latin edition of Sebastian Münster, 'Cosmographia', probably printed by Petri in Basel, c.1544-52.
(British Museum)
(British Museum)
August 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A sugar cane; illustration to an unidentified Latin edition of Sebastian Münster, 'Cosmographia', probably printed by Petri in Basel, c.1544-52.
(British Museum)
(British Museum)
The anthropomorphized creature of the sea is part of a world map from the 1560s, and can be found over here:
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
Cosmographia universalis et exactissima juxta postremam neotericorum traditionem / Augustino Valerio, episcopo veronesi ampliss., I.O. Franc. Camotius S.D.P...
Cosmographia universalis et exactissima juxta postremam neotericorum traditionem / Augustino Valerio, episcopo veronesi ampliss., I.O. Franc. Camotius S.D.P... -- 1569 -- cartes
gallica.bnf.fr
July 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
The anthropomorphized creature of the sea is part of a world map from the 1560s, and can be found over here:
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
#Atlas of the World „Cosmographia“. The maps reflected the knowledge of the 15th century. Notable: the Americas are missing. This was because Christopher Columbus arrived there 10 years later. - #Weltatlas Claudius Ptolemäus, Ulm, 1482. Amerika fehlt noch. #Gutenberg Museum Mainz
January 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#Atlas of the World „Cosmographia“. The maps reflected the knowledge of the 15th century. Notable: the Americas are missing. This was because Christopher Columbus arrived there 10 years later. - #Weltatlas Claudius Ptolemäus, Ulm, 1482. Amerika fehlt noch. #Gutenberg Museum Mainz
Jerusalem
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Jerusalem
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Heute vor 544 Jahren, am 16. Juli 1482, druckte der Buchdrucker Lienhart Holl in Ulm den ersten deutschen Weltatlas, die Cosmographia des Claudius Ptolemäus in der Ausgabe des Nicolaus Germanus. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lienhar...
July 16, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Heute vor 544 Jahren, am 16. Juli 1482, druckte der Buchdrucker Lienhart Holl in Ulm den ersten deutschen Weltatlas, die Cosmographia des Claudius Ptolemäus in der Ausgabe des Nicolaus Germanus. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lienhar...
Damascus: here Cain killed Abel; and here was the conversion of St Paul.
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.134v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.134v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
May 23, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Damascus: here Cain killed Abel; and here was the conversion of St Paul.
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.134v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia (Jacobus Angelus interpres); 15th century (2nd half); Florence; f.134v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
The first cosmographia in English William Cuningham's The Cosmographical Glasse (1559) #histsci
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March 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The first cosmographia in English William Cuningham's The Cosmographical Glasse (1559) #histsci
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The monster is a tiny map detail printed in the 1560s in the "Cosmographia universalis et exactissima juxta postremam neotericorum traditionem", and you may access a copy over here: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
June 30, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The monster is a tiny map detail printed in the 1560s in the "Cosmographia universalis et exactissima juxta postremam neotericorum traditionem", and you may access a copy over here: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
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#MatthiasRingmann_MartinWaldseemüller_and_AmerigoVespucci
Anyway, here is the famous print of the word (from 1507) that made a media career and named the continents: AMERICA.
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#MatthiasRingmann_MartinWaldseemüller_and_AmerigoVespucci
Anyway, here is the famous print of the word (from 1507) that made a media career and named the continents: AMERICA.
2/2
July 4, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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#MatthiasRingmann_MartinWaldseemüller_and_AmerigoVespucci
Anyway, here is the famous print of the word (from 1507) that made a media career and named the continents: AMERICA.
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#MatthiasRingmann_MartinWaldseemüller_and_AmerigoVespucci
Anyway, here is the famous print of the word (from 1507) that made a media career and named the continents: AMERICA.
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This is the first recorded use of the name "America": In Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map ("Universalis Cosmographia"), clearly designating South America. 1/
February 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is the first recorded use of the name "America": In Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map ("Universalis Cosmographia"), clearly designating South America. 1/
The house and gardens of the famous Florentine bookseller Vespasiano da Bisticci are marked on this map of Florence.
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia, translated by Jacobus Angelus; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.132v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia, translated by Jacobus Angelus; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.132v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The house and gardens of the famous Florentine bookseller Vespasiano da Bisticci are marked on this map of Florence.
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia, translated by Jacobus Angelus; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.132v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia, translated by Jacobus Angelus; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.132v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Ptolemy pointing at the heavens, and a man examining a globe
BnF MS Grec 1401; Claudius Ptolemaeus, Cosmographia; 15th c (end) for text & 16th c (beginning) for the title page & maps; Constantinople(?) for text, & Italy for the title page & maps; f.2r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Grec 1401; Claudius Ptolemaeus, Cosmographia; 15th c (end) for text & 16th c (beginning) for the title page & maps; Constantinople(?) for text, & Italy for the title page & maps; f.2r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ptolemy pointing at the heavens, and a man examining a globe
BnF MS Grec 1401; Claudius Ptolemaeus, Cosmographia; 15th c (end) for text & 16th c (beginning) for the title page & maps; Constantinople(?) for text, & Italy for the title page & maps; f.2r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Grec 1401; Claudius Ptolemaeus, Cosmographia; 15th c (end) for text & 16th c (beginning) for the title page & maps; Constantinople(?) for text, & Italy for the title page & maps; f.2r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Ejemplar del Mapamundi de la Cosmographia de Ptolomeo, perteneciente a la Biblioteca Nacional (S. XVI).
June 18, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Ejemplar del Mapamundi de la Cosmographia de Ptolomeo, perteneciente a la Biblioteca Nacional (S. XVI).